公开(公告)号：CA2360650A1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-30

申请号：CA2360650

申请日：2001-10-31

Applicant: IBM CANADA

Inventor： BATES CARY L ,  BERESTETSKY VADIM

IPC: G06F11/34 ,  G06F11/36 ,  G06F11/30

Abstract: A computer program debugger is disclosed which stores previous programs whic h have been debugged and the debug parameters which were considered when debugging. When a new computer program is to be debugged, the new debugger is invoked and it automatically compares the executing program to be debugged with the previous programs. When one or more of the debug parameters are so similar that it can be said that the computer program undergoing debugging matches a previously stored computer program, a user is given options to display the matching programs, the modules, the functions, the lines, and the debug parameters and to exchange debug parameters between the programs which can be used to modify the either or any of the programs. The user is further given the option to store the current program undergoing debugging a s a new program to be considered in matching the next program to be debugged. It is further envisioned that the various debug scenarios may be stored and can be recalled separately from the progra m that generates or uses them.